Hey Amanda, just wanted to let you know that I started volunteering at my local college radio station (I work for the school) and hope to get my own show at least over the summer. This is a direct result of listening to your show. So, thank you. I hope I have somewhere close to as much fun as you do.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:06pm
Amanda:
Hi everyone! john, what a lovely thing to hear! I'm extremely flattered. And I have no doubt you'll be having tons of fun, I mean duh. :-)

Wed. 10/17/12 12:08pm
john:
I got to play three songs last week and it was so great. I love radio so damn much...

Wed. 10/17/12 12:10pm
lewis:
cool tape! hi amanda!

Wed. 10/17/12 12:11pm
Matt from Springfield:
@Amanda: All these found tapes, did you find any delusional/creepy/"incorrect" music, like R. Stevie Moore's found sounds?

Wed. 10/17/12 12:11pm
Matt from Springfield:
Death In June is pretty good!

Wed. 10/17/12 12:15pm
northguineahills:
...of course, that doesn't include the shelves of cassettes and dubbed tapes I have.....

Wed. 10/17/12 12:16pm
Matt from Springfield:
I'll decide based on how such found sounds "jump" at me! ;)

Best of luck for your radio show john! One thing's for sure, Amanda has made radio fun again! And our other hard working DJs too.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:17pm
john:
thanks, james! i really hope so, too...

Wed. 10/17/12 12:22pm
northguineahills:
I found a few albums of cassettes in the middle of the street in Bushwick last month (a few had been run over by traffic). I was excited at first, as they were new-agey lectures, but they had no new agey sounds/music, and no sample-worthy one-liners.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:27pm
Hugo:
Splendid idea doing tapes! I was listening to tapes from Indonesia last night. Kroncong, sunda, dangdut, gamelan. Mostly 80s stuff, got them in Jakarta. And there's a small stash of reggae from Malawi. I think I have one of Irvin's incorrect comps, too.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:29pm
Matt from Springfield:
Obviously a rehearsal with the comments at the end, but "Calling All Cinderellas" is a great piece! I'll have to see who wrote/developed that.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:36pm
SteveL:
One of the best parts about taping albums was finding appropriate songs to fill the blank space at the end. Never waste a minute.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:36pm
Hugo:
From what I understanding, WFMU was doing cassette premiums before shifting to cds. I suspect it was one of them.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:41pm
Matt from Springfield:
You too can make friends with the show!
Show your support ASAP!

Wed. 10/17/12 12:43pm
Doug S.:
$85 more to the pledge total will zoom Amanda's pledgometer up to a healthy 75% of her goal. Make it happen and Amanda will surely sound even more joyful (is this possible?). Pledge for joy! Joy for pledge!

Wed. 10/17/12 12:43pm
Hugo:
I purchased a bundle of tapes in Nairobi recently, but, alas, of variable sound quality. The music is terrific, though. Vintage Kenyan and Tanzanian, mostly, Congolese style. Of course, the hiss has to be there.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:44pm
listener james from westwood:
stevel: a woman i once dated used to fill that space w a track that she would deliberately leave off the track listing. no idea what it would be or when it would be cut off. that right there sums up our relationship.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:56pm
Hugo:
@Amanda: I think you're on to something there ...

Wed. 10/17/12 12:57pm
Jack:
Amanda! I'm trying to get some chores done here, but you keep distracting me with this music. Tom Lehrer-my favorite. Why have I never heard that Elvis song before? and have you seen the movie "Oh Lucky Man"?

Wed. 10/17/12 12:58pm
Brian in UK:
You are on the front page now. If only I could smell.

Wed. 10/17/12 12:58pm
Ricardo Montalban:
GOONS!

Wed. 10/17/12 12:59pm
Amanda:
Hi Jack! Welcome to the playlist page... and glad to keep you company during your housework. Never seen that movie, just heard the album (tape) after I found it on the street.

Wed. 10/17/12 1:35pm
Doug S.:
Amanda won't say it, but I will: We need some pledges in support of this wonderful radio show! A pledge for Amanda also shows support for Give the Drummer Radio, which absolutely must pull its weight during fundraising time at WFMU. Of course, a pledge for Give the Drummer Radio, is support for WFMU, which took the risk to let this evolving radio/streaming experiment to begin in the first place.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:00pm
Matt from Springfield:
Always a nice Dylan one. I think I hear Bob laughing a bit as he sings this.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:04pm
Matt from Springfield:
And of course, a big one at the end!

Wed. 10/17/12 2:06pm
Amanda:
Yeah, he laughs when he says "uptighten you." How smug, to laugh at your own joke.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:06pm
Carmichael:
I helped some people once at a traffic accident scene. After the ambulance left, I noticed a cassette laying on the pavement, titled "Nguyen & Sons". I kept it, but have never had the heart to play it. I don't know what ever happened to the accident victims.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:09pm
Amanda:
I am often convinced that this song was the best thing I have ever written and will ever write.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:10pm
northguineahills:
^
THis, what Matt said....

Wed. 10/17/12 2:10pm
unbearable know it all:
Hi Amanda, great show as usual.
That Creme Fraiche thing was a late 80's comp of French euro pop. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Creme-Fraiche-Various/dp/B000091EBD/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1350496809&sr=1-1 I knew someone who had it, so I went searching and found a track list for you. You don't have to thank me :D

Wed. 10/17/12 2:10pm
Ricardo Montalban:
This song has a distinct left channel bias. I blame the liberal media.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:14pm
Amanda:
@Skirkie -- I was hoping people would pledge to have me play something else.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:15pm
unbearable know it all:
I think Amanda & Anda should reform for next years fund-raiser concert. I'd pay top dollar for that.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:15pm
Carmichael:
Amanda, all it needs is a little more cowbell.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:18pm
SteveL:
Work crazy today, but a great set of sets to keep working to. Keep it up, (Give 'er some money folks!)

Wed. 10/17/12 2:19pm
Ricardo Montalban:
Yeah, I liked that A&A track too. It reminded me of the early 90s and the Golden Age of the Cassette Label. Like stuff on Shrimper, some of Sebadoh's early releases, K-Records and Sub Pop, before they sold their souls to the devil.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:20pm
Matt from Springfield:
Hey NGH! Well if that's the best, better digitally restore it for Amanda's Best Of comp! :)

@Ricardo: "Left of the Dial" bias.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:22pm
Matt from Springfield:
Thank you know it all!
(As for the Hoof & Mouth, I agree on an A&A live appearance!)

Wed. 10/17/12 2:22pm
Ricardo Montalban:
Mid eighties production really shone on cassette, since it was so bright and the drums were mixed out in front.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:22pm
Carmichael:
Swear to God you are in my head. I was singing this Julie Brown song AND Tom Lehrer two nights ago, and they've been stuck in my head. Now they're superglued ...

Wed. 10/17/12 2:32pm
Amanda:
It's really amazing -- it must have taken them days. Glad to bring this this out of obscurity.

Wed. 10/17/12 2:33pm
Skirkie:
Good Lord

Wed. 10/17/12 2:33pm
Matt from Springfield:
See, that wasn't so hard!
Nowadays, with the Internet this kind of stuff is all over the place. Pretty well researched clips though, before the Internet era when you had to look through reams of VHS tapes for the appropos soundbites.